Making Images Move reveals a new history of cinema by uncovering its connections to other media and art forms. In this richly illustrated volume, Gregory Zinman explores how moving-image artists who worked in experimental film pushed the medium toward abstraction through a number of unconventional filmmaking practices, including painting and scratching directly on the film strip; deteriorating film with water, dirt, and bleach; and applying materials such as paper and glue. This book provides a comprehensive history of this tradition of “handmade cinema” from the early twentieth century to the present, opening up new conversations about the production, meaning, and significance of the moving image. From painted film to kinetic art, and from psychedelic light shows to video synthesis, Gregory Zinman recovers the range of forms, tools, and intentions that make up cinema’s shadow history, deepening awareness of the intersection of art and media in the twentieth century, and anticipating what is to come.

Make a Cat an Acrocat... See A Man Breakdance...Make A Frog Leap...And the Sun Come Out from Behind the Clouds...An Umbrella Open to Keep off the Rain...A Chicken and an Egg Vying to Come First...and much more! Today we are surrounded by moving images on film, TV and computer. However, before the beginnings of modern day cinema in 1895, optical toys were used to create moving images. They were very popular in Victorian times with both children and adults - and remain a source of wonder today. This book provides colourful paper models that are easy to make, with designs for some of the major optical toys that were part of the development of film and tv: three thaumatropes, two phenakistascopes with 2 designs each, one zoetrope with up to three designs, one flick book with two designs and a number of pen rollers. With notes on the history of moving images and tips and methods to make your own moving images using the same designs, hours of fun can be had for all!

"Moving Pictures: How They Are Made and Worked" by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot Various features of motion pictures are covered in this comprehensive guide. Mechanical aspects of cinematography are presented in general terms so that professionals and laymen alike will understand them. Though this book regards older versions of filmmaking, current fans of the art will be fascinated by this part of movie history.

This book explains what can be done with VBscript, why a Webmaster would want to use it, and how to work with VBscript. Extensive examples and code are presented where appropriate. The CD-ROM includes all the code utilized in the examples of the book, along with HTML pages with embedded VBScript code. The content of the CD is license free and may be used and adapted freely to any Web site.

This is the twentieth in a series of occasional volumes devoted to studies in British art, published by the Yale Center for British Art and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and distributed by Yale University Press. --Book Jacket.